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For week 4 of the current influenza season:
• 6.0% of all deaths that occurred in Hawaii during week 4 were related to pneumonia or influenza. For the
current season (season to date: 5.9%), there have been 3,831 deaths from any cause, 227 of which were due to
P&I.
• The P&I rate was lower than the historical baseline in Hawaii9
(i.e., outside the 95% confidence interval).
• The Hawaii P&I rate was comparable to the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) P&I
mortality10 (7.1%) (i.e., inside the 95% confidence interval) and comparable to the national epidemic threshold
(7.2%) (i.e., inside the 95% confidence interval) for week 4.
INFLUENZA-ASSOCIATED PEDIATRIC DEATHS11:
• One influenza-associated pediatric death was reported in Hawaii during week 4. This death was associated with
an influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus. There has been a total of one influenza-associated pediatric death reported
in Hawaii during the 2019–2020 season.
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https://health.hawaii.gov/docd/files/2018/03/FLU_Influenza_Surveillance.pdf